Karlsson’s shootout goal lifts Senators past Flyers, 3-2
PHILADELPHIA — Erik Karlsson showed again how valuable he is in a shootout.
Karlsson scored the only goal of the tiebreaker to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
After coming in with four goals in 12 shootout attempts, Karlsson snapped a wrist shot past Flyers goalie Steve Mason and inside the right post in the fifth round.
“I’ll be honest, when we got to the third shooter I was gonna put him in,” Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said. “But (Ryan) Dzingel is great in shootouts and (Mark) Stone had a great game. So after that, I said, ‘That’s enough, let’s send Erik.’”